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Processing Time

Customers have mentioned that under some conditions ONYX software processing (RIP ) time is slow.

However, the reality is that while continued code optimization and other speed enhancements are essential,

you can achieve significant speed improvements through using an optimal system configuration (hardware and

software).

ONYX recommends the following Minimum System Configuration for all ONYX Products

• 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

• 2GB DDR2 667 MHz Memory

• 74GB SATA Disk Drive C: for OS and Application

• 74GB SATA Disk Drive D: for Temporary Processed Data Storage

Achieve greater speed increases by using the Optimal System Configuration for all ONYX Products

• 2 Intel Dual-Core XEON 3.2 GHz Processors

• 4GB DDR2 667MHz Fully-Buffered ECC RAM

• Four 74GB, 10,000 RPM SATA Disk Drives

- One for OS and Application

- One for Temporary Data Processing (Bandhome)

- One for output device 1

- One for output device 2

- Note: Add additional drives for additional output devices

To characterize this, a third-party independent test group compared RIP times between ONYX version 6.5 Rev 3

on a brand new system running minimum requirements to ONYX version 7.1.0 on the same system. The group

then tested ONYX version 7.1.0 on a system built by an independent hardware vendor as an optimized system.

Each file was printed individually without color correction applied. They determined that significant RIP speed

improvements were possible when using the latest version of the ONYX software on the Optimal System Con

They achieved speeds up to 5x faster when using just an optimized system and 7.1. They achieved

speeds up to 20x faster when using the latest version of software on the optimal system.

ONYX recommends the following in order to get the greatest RIP speed:

• Use the most recent version of ONYX software (ONYX v7.2 on line release is August 1st)

• Use the Optimal System Configuration

• 2 Intel Dual-Core XEON 3.2 GHz Processors

Thanks to Onyx Graphics for this info